Walking the West Woods
Ramblings on the West Woods at Antietam National Battlefield Park
Saturday, July 4, 2020
July 4, 2020
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We have not got credit for what we did. We never do. No matter. History will show, and the Official Accounts will prove all. —Lt. Hen...
Sunday, March 1, 2020
“The whole Division except our Regiment was broken into a mob, madly pressing to the rear followed closely by the enemies lines:” William J. Colvill and the First Minnesota in the West Woods.
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William J. Colvill to Antietam Battlefield Board, December 10, 1892 Antietam Battlefield Board Correspondence, National Archives, Box 1 {...
Monday, July 22, 2019
Memorial Day 2019
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Camp Fires of the Boys in Gray by Private Carlton McCarthy [1] The substance of this paper was delivered in response to a toast at the ...
Saturday, January 5, 2019
"I will keep this stained letter for them until peace comes back": The Long Journey of Elizabeth Wright's Letter
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On Sunday, August 29, 2010 I posted an entry regarding a letter picked up on the battlefield by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Holmes had trave...
Saturday, June 10, 2017
"They were making it rather warm for the troops on our right:" The 111th Pennsylvania and "Greene's Salient" at the Dunker Church--Part 1
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Clermont, Pa, Feb. 4 th . 1892. [1] Maj. J. M. Gould, Portland, Me. Comrade: In reply to your letter of inquiry, in regard ...
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